[CentOS] Discrepancies in Anaconda-ks.cfg after kickstart

Robert Moskowitz

rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Mar 2 00:55:34 UTC 2006


I am asking this here, that although a kickstart question, may have 
something to do with the Centos install?

I took my Anaconda-ks.cfg from my system, turned it into a ks.cfg and 
did the install.  Everything SEEMS ok, but why?

First the partitioning information:

ks.cfg supplied:

clearpart --all --drives=hda
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=hda
part / --fstype ext3 --start=14 --end=796 --ondisk=hda
part pv.34 --start=797 --end=2303 --ondisk=hda
part swap --start=2304 --end=2434 --ondisk=hda
volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.34
logvol /var/opt/scalix --fstype ext3 --name=Scalix 
--vgname=VolGroup00 --size=8192

anaconda-ks.cfg reports:

clearpart --all --drives=hda
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=hda
part / --fstype ext3 --start=14 --end=796 --ondisk=hda
part pv.100000 --start=797 --end=2303 --ondisk=hda
part swap --start=2304 --end=2434 --ondisk=hda
volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.100000
logvol /var/opt/scalix --fstype ext3 --name=Scalix 
--vgname=VolGroup00 --size=8192

what is happening here? Just putting the partitions in different 
locations, but the same size?  Or just reporting differently?

Now for packages.  ks.cfg


%packages
@ office
@ admin-tools
@ editors
@ emacs
@ system-tools
@ text-internet
@ dns-server
@ gnome-desktop
@ dialup
@ network-server
@ smb-server
@ base-x
@ web-server
@ printing
@ kde-desktop
@ mail-server
@ server-cfg
@ development-tools
@ graphical-internet
system-config-samba
system-config-httpd
kernel
mailman
grub
kernel-devel
system-config-printer
-openoffice.org
ethereal-gnome
-planner
openldap-servers
krb5-server
iptraf
-openoffice.org-libs
gftp
lvm2
freeradius
-spamassassin
gnome-nettool
system-config-printer-gui
-sendmail-cf
vnc
nmap-frontend
e2fsprogs
-dovecot
-openoffice.org-i18n
thunderbird

and anaconda-ks-cfg:


%packages
@ office
@ admin-tools
@ editors
@ emacs
@ system-tools
@ text-internet
@ dns-server
@ gnome-desktop
@ dialup
@ network-server
@ emacs
@ smb-server
@ base-x
@ web-server
@ printing
@ kde-desktop
@ mail-server
@ server-cfg
@ development-tools
@ graphical-internet
kernel
grub
kernel-devel
-openoffice.org
-planner
-openoffice.org-libs
lvm2
-sendmail-cf
e2fsprogs
-dovecot
-openoffice.org-i18n

Wow! is the installed list shorter than the 'asked' list.  Or is it, 
perhaps the same way to report the same actions?  How would I know?
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